Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem was in New York Metropolis Tuesday morning, accompanying brokers finishing up an immigration enforcement operation.
Noem, who was confirmed as the pinnacle of DHS on Saturday, shared a video of the operation on Tuesday, exhibiting brokers taking away a person in handcuffs in an undisclosed location in New York Metropolis.
“Enforcement operation in NYC. Criminal alien with kidnapping, assault & burglary charges is now in custody – thanks to @ICE,” Noem mentioned in a Tuesday morning publish on X alongside the video. “Dirtbags like this will continue to be removed from our streets.”
The Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) New York area workplace mentioned it began finishing up “enhanced targeted operations,” alongside New York’s FBI workplace and different federal companies to “enforce US immigration law & preserve public safety & national security by removing criminal aliens from our communities.”
The DEA shared a photograph on social media of the operation and mentioned the company’s work resulted within the arrest of a person on “kidnapping, assault & burglary charges.”
Regulation enforcement companies have been finishing up raids throughout the nation. ICE has been sharing day by day updates on the variety of folks the company has arrested. On Monday, ICE made 1,179 arrests, in response to the replace.
Noem’s presence in New York Metropolis got here simply days after formally changing into head of the company, which will probably be on the heart of President Trump’s plan to crack down on immigration and perform mass deportations.
Since taking workplace final week, Trump has signed myriad government orders on immigration, together with halting refugee admission packages, ending birthright citizenship and designating some cartels as International Terrorist Organizations.
